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it to really originated in the book i wrote for george romney. after writing "wealth and poverty" one of the first people that asked me to speak was paid and company a great force on the supply side providing the macroeconomics the learning curve and the fact lower-priced is expand market share leading to lower cost and more prosperity both for the government and lower tax rates the the into more revenues for the government and less struggles over government favors. >> host: we're talking with george gilder author of a new edition of "wealth and poverty" that came out in their early eighties. this is booktv on c-span2. low-up to his book "how capitalism will save us." this is half an hour. >> joining us on booktv is a magazine publisher, politician, and frequent author, steve out who newess >> host: we have magazine ar publisher, politician and frequent author steve forbes whose newest book is called freedom manifesto why free-market our moral and big government is sent to. we are at freedomfest where mr. forbes is speaking.stat what it is an exa
it to really originated in the book i wrote for george romney. after writing "wealth and poverty" one of the first people that asked me to speak was paid and company a great force on the supply side providing the macroeconomics the learning curve and the fact lower-priced is expand market share leading to lower cost and more prosperity both for the government and lower tax rates the the into more revenues for the government and less struggles over government favors. >> host:...
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i've signed up, and i've liked both barack obama and mitt romney. and so i don't know what that will do to any ads or what have i get, but -- whatever i get, but how would you take my personal information, gender, age or approximate age, employment, etc. ing and use that to target an ad? >> guest: so want to make very, very clear that when you like a page, the admen of that page, they're getting no personally identifiable information about you. so they don't know -- all they know is perhaps what city you're in, but they don't know it's tied to you. so aggregates on the inside know they have 20,000 people from washington, d.c. who are toons. they'll know that they have 25% are males between the ages of 25 and 34. so that way they can get a sense of the demographics of their fan base, but they don't know specifics about individuals. we're very, very clear and very, um, very protective of a user's information and want to make sure a user is giving explicit permission if they're ever doing anything with the campaign. >> guest: and i think beyond that is
i've signed up, and i've liked both barack obama and mitt romney. and so i don't know what that will do to any ads or what have i get, but -- whatever i get, but how would you take my personal information, gender, age or approximate age, employment, etc. ing and use that to target an ad? >> guest: so want to make very, very clear that when you like a page, the admen of that page, they're getting no personally identifiable information about you. so they don't know -- all they know is...
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do you see a tech agenda by the obama campaign or the romney campaign at this point? >> guest: i think there's a tech agenda between the two campaigns that's actually very, very similar. they're both very pro-technology, they're both using technology. in their own ways they like technology. it's a clean industry, it's a growth industry, things are good there. i think i personally support romney because i think he's better for business, he's better for job creation. he doesn't rely on a big federal bureaucracy, and he'll rip away at it rather than keep increasing it. to me, the most important thing is getting jobs in the country, really it's a sense of business owners that they should be investing in the united states. right now under president obama, frankly, they're investing abroad. you don't know what union rules you're going to be hit with, the tax rate is the highest in the world now in the u.s., you can't repatriate your money, you can't get the best and brightest people, so our members are being encouraged to invest abroad. and that is not healthy for the econo
do you see a tech agenda by the obama campaign or the romney campaign at this point? >> guest: i think there's a tech agenda between the two campaigns that's actually very, very similar. they're both very pro-technology, they're both using technology. in their own ways they like technology. it's a clean industry, it's a growth industry, things are good there. i think i personally support romney because i think he's better for business, he's better for job creation. he doesn't rely on a...
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between romney today and kennedy then. but, of course, they're not running in the same political environment. a lot has changed since. what's changed? well, this'll come as no surprise to anyone in the audience, but we live in a time today when religion matters a lot more and in different ways today in how people vote than it did in the past. certainly in 1960, but even throughout the 1970s and even up until the early 980 -- 1980s. what this graph shows you is the correlation between how frequently somebody attends religious services and whether or not they identify as a republican. going back to the 1950s all the way up to the present. and the way you interpret this is that the higher the point is on the graph, the tighter the connection between how frequently you go to church and whether or not you identify as a republican. so if really high, it means there's a really strong connection. and if it's low and below zero especially, it means there's either no connection, or maybe those who go to church are more likely to be
between romney today and kennedy then. but, of course, they're not running in the same political environment. a lot has changed since. what's changed? well, this'll come as no surprise to anyone in the audience, but we live in a time today when religion matters a lot more and in different ways today in how people vote than it did in the past. certainly in 1960, but even throughout the 1970s and even up until the early 980 -- 1980s. what this graph shows you is the correlation between how...
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if romney had won the election i think i would probably have given up giving up on the american people, but what he kept saying, and he proved right again, she kept saying change and the impetus for change arrives in the most unpredictable way that the most unpredictable time it's the workers strike start taking place throughout american history that have sales. but some of them have succeeded if there was one powerful union movement in the united states alas now something like 11 or 12% of the workers are unionized and that's all but there are some signs of a rebirth, too. and who would have predicted occupy wall street. to me that came out of nowhere just as my optimism was lower and lower into the ground and they think my god a whole new generation coming and it really looks like this generation is going to be different. and in every poll that i've seen regardless of the question like do you think they should be allowed to married officially it's the 26 age cohort in all of the pros and all of the polls for the most progressive policies and it tends to be that as you move into the o
if romney had won the election i think i would probably have given up giving up on the american people, but what he kept saying, and he proved right again, she kept saying change and the impetus for change arrives in the most unpredictable way that the most unpredictable time it's the workers strike start taking place throughout american history that have sales. but some of them have succeeded if there was one powerful union movement in the united states alas now something like 11 or 12% of the...
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talk about the campaign with mitt romney. >> yeah. well, the campaign with romney was very intense. ted faced by far the stiffest challenge of his life. the polls showed him actually down by a point at one point. at that point, labor rallied behind him in force. his consultants found a company that romney had arranged a takeover of and this company laid off all of its workers and it proved devastating. they put the workers on tv about how it felt to lose their jobs. and that was sort of a dagger blow to romney. he ended up losing 59-41, i believe. >> how did kennedy feel afterwards? >> lucky. jubilant, revitalized. i would say. i mean, he had tasted mortal potical danger for the first time. >> it started out, he was in the hole, as sam was saying about 1980, largely, that campaign was pretty flaccid in 1994 to begin with, that organization. >> yeah. then the old guard rallied. l the people who had carried him throughout the early and middle stages of his career rushed to his side and also he found his voice in the famous faneuil hall debate, 1994, he just slam-dunked romney. his com
talk about the campaign with mitt romney. >> yeah. well, the campaign with romney was very intense. ted faced by far the stiffest challenge of his life. the polls showed him actually down by a point at one point. at that point, labor rallied behind him in force. his consultants found a company that romney had arranged a takeover of and this company laid off all of its workers and it proved devastating. they put the workers on tv about how it felt to lose their jobs. and that was sort of a...
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. >> in just nine days, president obama and republican presidential candidate mitt romney meet for the first three debates. .. >> this week "the communicators" looks at the fast group of apps from mobile phones and some of the issues raised by them. our guests are julie brill and california congresswoman mary bono mack. >> host: well, recently the federal trade commission issued new guidelines when it comes to apps on mobile phones, and joining us is federal trade commissioner julie april as our -- julie brill as our guest on "the communicators." commissioner brill, first of all, what were the guidelines that were issued by the ftc, and why now? >> guest: so, um, the guidelines are designed to inform the app community, and, of course, it's a very diverse community. there are lots of different players in the mobile app space. designed to inform them that there are laws that apply to them in the consumer protection and privacy realm and to help them figure out how to insure that their products are in compliance with our laws. so that's the overall goal of the guidelines. why now? the app
. >> in just nine days, president obama and republican presidential candidate mitt romney meet for the first three debates. .. >> this week "the communicators" looks at the fast group of apps from mobile phones and some of the issues raised by them. our guests are julie brill and california congresswoman mary bono mack. >> host: well, recently the federal trade commission issued new guidelines when it comes to apps on mobile phones, and joining us is federal trade...
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but even the romney-ryan platform of 2012. it is interesting. we will talk about the republican party and the conservative movement and the realignment happening. but i think back to the 2012 republican national convention, the romney-ryan ticket, and one of the famous lines during that campaign was barack obama -- or was it warren? can't remember. famously saying to small business owners "you did not build that." he was talking about the construction workers, government employees who built the roads, infrastructure, kind of belittling of small business entrepreneurship. the republican party strategy at the 2012 convention to counter that was, to hold an entire day of their four-day convention, dedicated to bolstering, elevating and heaping praise upon small business owners. in theory a good idea, right? mom-and-pop shops are something that conservatives cherish. the problem is that 1% of americans are small business owners -- 1%, the most, or 2% or 3%? i don't have the numbers in front of me. but you are trying to appeal to the populace, you mi
but even the romney-ryan platform of 2012. it is interesting. we will talk about the republican party and the conservative movement and the realignment happening. but i think back to the 2012 republican national convention, the romney-ryan ticket, and one of the famous lines during that campaign was barack obama -- or was it warren? can't remember. famously saying to small business owners "you did not build that." he was talking about the construction workers, government employees who...
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>> i used to be able to announce on c-span that the party of mitt romney, bob dole, blake and john mccain is that the president and it's not coming back. it was a republican party and it was a party that would not be able to take a punch not able to throw a punch. that party is gone. that's why we talk about the party. this president is asking black voters for their books. something that hasn't happened for about seven years. >> what your reaction when the president has been critical of john mccain not only in life but also in death. it does not go too far? too personal on jupiter, to toxic? >> i was very disappointed. i can't speculate what i would have done or not done in the president's shoes but -- >> even in that? after he passed away? >> john mccain great damage. because of him, in part, it failed to keep its promise to substantially reduce the impact of obamacare. perhaps beyond that but john mccain did great damage to this country by stopping republicans by reducing some of the most egregious aspects of the affordable care act it down gop care because they failed to do anything ab
>> i used to be able to announce on c-span that the party of mitt romney, bob dole, blake and john mccain is that the president and it's not coming back. it was a republican party and it was a party that would not be able to take a punch not able to throw a punch. that party is gone. that's why we talk about the party. this president is asking black voters for their books. something that hasn't happened for about seven years. >> what your reaction when the president has been...
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there's a 23% threshold that mitt romney remains at forever. and when herman cain was leading the polls, and he's slipping now, i thought, well, he's the last one. we've speed dated to make megan mccain's analogy, we've speed dated everyone else in the country, and after we leave cain, we're stuck with rom think. and no matter how many mistakes herman cain makes, they're still going to stick with cain because we really don't want to go to romneyville, and this is the last stop before romneyville. somehow herman cain's numbers plummeted, and they discovered a new person to speed date before they finally settled down with mitt romney, and now it's newt gingrich, you know? so they are fighting against going to mitt romney which perhaps is inevitable. i'm not sure, maybe it is. >> host: chris in des moines, you on with toure, author of "who's afraid of post-blackness?" go ahead with your question. >> caller: hello, toure. thank you for writing the book and thank you for being a smart black man. appreciate you, and we need more black images like you
there's a 23% threshold that mitt romney remains at forever. and when herman cain was leading the polls, and he's slipping now, i thought, well, he's the last one. we've speed dated to make megan mccain's analogy, we've speed dated everyone else in the country, and after we leave cain, we're stuck with rom think. and no matter how many mistakes herman cain makes, they're still going to stick with cain because we really don't want to go to romneyville, and this is the last stop before...
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[laughter] and suggesting that the then-republican presidential nominee mitt romney had not paid income taxes in ten years without any supporting evidence of it. and he's at various times called then-president george w. bush a liar, supreme court justice clarence thomas a loser maybe i'm confusing those. some variation of not very complimentary terms for his political opponents. the incoming senate democratic leader, chuck schumer of new york has somewhat of a different style. he rarely has to issue walkbacks, per se. he's a lot more careful with his words. or at least with senator reid maybe he's doing that deliberately and he doesn't really care, but schumer's style is more to issue a sweeping indictment of the republican opposition a more sorrow than an anger type tone. like i wish we could work across the aisle with our republican friends, but they're not being reasonable. and we're devoted to the middle class whereas our republican colleagues are want to only help out the rich, that kind of thing. you might agree or disagree with that assessment -- >> right. >> -- but it's interest
[laughter] and suggesting that the then-republican presidential nominee mitt romney had not paid income taxes in ten years without any supporting evidence of it. and he's at various times called then-president george w. bush a liar, supreme court justice clarence thomas a loser maybe i'm confusing those. some variation of not very complimentary terms for his political opponents. the incoming senate democratic leader, chuck schumer of new york has somewhat of a different style. he rarely has to...
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if it had been mitt romney we would have books that said we are in a mess. we have a chance of getting out of it but we have a lot of work the pivot for barack obama winning the re-election is we are in a mess and it's only going to get worse from here. >> the publisher of the conservative printrn. >> thank you to get nice to see you. >> former senator kay bailey hutchison is next on book tv. she profiles women in the history of the state of texas. this is about 40 minutes. [applause] >> thank you to the dallas historical society for all you do to preserve our great history but in the state to have archives and memorabilia that nobody else has in texas and i thank you for being such a strong organization that really is and to preserving our history my book is about the spirit of texas and the spirit of the pioneers that build our state, and it is much like the people that build the country. ..
if it had been mitt romney we would have books that said we are in a mess. we have a chance of getting out of it but we have a lot of work the pivot for barack obama winning the re-election is we are in a mess and it's only going to get worse from here. >> the publisher of the conservative printrn. >> thank you to get nice to see you. >> former senator kay bailey hutchison is next on book tv. she profiles women in the history of the state of texas. this is about 40 minutes....
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you have a date candid it's the who is mitt romney. you have a personality candid if it comes back, which i think it will, barack obama. now, both sides have both of those operations going completely. massive data operations. massive social networking operations. all that is huge. at the top one guy that is very much data driven. they are different as night and day, i think. we will see what wins. you're going to get a great example of both of them./h >> a couple of thoughts and the question. this whole issue of a tax return , it seems that romney is not really running to win. i get the sense that his approach is more less of obama of loose. why is he running away from his success? at the success was that up as ap get the? >> it to you and everyone in this room. barack obama's base is not necessarily in this room. mlb voters. they're very well could be. her the average voter and now is an mitt romney vote. you have to be a little careful on these things. i don't think mitt romney is not in it to win he has wanted this to opportunities
you have a date candid it's the who is mitt romney. you have a personality candid if it comes back, which i think it will, barack obama. now, both sides have both of those operations going completely. massive data operations. massive social networking operations. all that is huge. at the top one guy that is very much data driven. they are different as night and day, i think. we will see what wins. you're going to get a great example of both of them./h >> a couple of thoughts and the...
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so there has been no united selection of a non-romney horse. and when we interviewed tea partiers in the spring of 2011, we found no consensus on who they wanted to be their candidate. we found a lot of pragmatism about finding somebody unlike sarah palin who could actually have a chance to win. they knew she couldn't. but we also found universal suspicion of mitt romney as not authentic. that's what they think. and in that they probably agree with many liberals in the state of massachusetts. so, um, there is not a settling on one of these people. but to say only that is to miss the forest for the trees. because the impact of tea party funders and grassroots activists on the entire field of republican candidates has been tremendous. all of the republican candidates, including mitt romney, have competed to use code words that speak to the tea party belief that obama is not a real american, that we have to take our country back. they have all endorsed hard-line, anti-immigration policies. not just border control, but removing undocumented people
so there has been no united selection of a non-romney horse. and when we interviewed tea partiers in the spring of 2011, we found no consensus on who they wanted to be their candidate. we found a lot of pragmatism about finding somebody unlike sarah palin who could actually have a chance to win. they knew she couldn't. but we also found universal suspicion of mitt romney as not authentic. that's what they think. and in that they probably agree with many liberals in the state of massachusetts....
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[laughter] that governor romney is elected in november and a president romney takes office on january 20 of next year. would he in his impatience to get this process moving, cut off the negotiation and begin more seriously to consider a military option? >> while iran is an important issue and i have got to respond with a little bit of context. it was four years ago this month that in israel, senator obama gave an important speech about the middle east and identified iran as perhaps the most growing threat to international security in the middle east. we are more than three and a half years into the obama administration and irrefutably iran is much closer today than they were three and a half years ago, so whatever the strategies are, they have failed. and governor romney has made it clear that the nuclear iran is an enormous threat to the u.s. security, to our friends in the region, and needs to be addressed. >> and essentially unacceptable, is that right? >> unacceptable. he wholeheartedly and yesterday he -- consistent with the security council resolution of zero enrichment, a suspe
[laughter] that governor romney is elected in november and a president romney takes office on january 20 of next year. would he in his impatience to get this process moving, cut off the negotiation and begin more seriously to consider a military option? >> while iran is an important issue and i have got to respond with a little bit of context. it was four years ago this month that in israel, senator obama gave an important speech about the middle east and identified iran as perhaps the...
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not much going on there for romney. wisconsin is a state where if you're going to crack the midwest code, given what was happening with ohio, they thought perhaps they could do it in wisconsin. the problem is twofold for them. one is if you look at the level of demographic change that's taking place in wisconsin, it's quite startling according to these current data. a three-point increase in a share of minority eligible voters. a seven-point decline among white noncollege voters, eligible voters. these are huge changes and odyssey they do exactly against within inches of the romney team in wisconsin. so maybe they thought if they nominate paul ryan they would be able to take advantage what they believe to be this massive culturally conservative white working-class voters in the state but again it doesn't seem to be happening. they are making some progress, some progress among current nine but it's not anywhere close to what's needed to take the state. so they're not able to sort of master the state in the face of this d
not much going on there for romney. wisconsin is a state where if you're going to crack the midwest code, given what was happening with ohio, they thought perhaps they could do it in wisconsin. the problem is twofold for them. one is if you look at the level of demographic change that's taking place in wisconsin, it's quite startling according to these current data. a three-point increase in a share of minority eligible voters. a seven-point decline among white noncollege voters, eligible...
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then a look at how mitt romney and the republicans are campaigning across the state with republican strategist sean tonner, and later an analysis of president obama's strategy. our guest is rick palassio. washington journal is your phone calls, tweets and e-mails live every morning at 7:30 eastern on c-span. >> these are the stories your textbooks left out. their great stories about real people in american history, very important moments that we don't know about. the first pilgrims in america came to, came 50 years before the mayflower sailed. they were french, they made wine, they had the good sense to land in florida in june instead of december in massachusetts, but then they were wiped out by the spanish, but we've completely left out
then a look at how mitt romney and the republicans are campaigning across the state with republican strategist sean tonner, and later an analysis of president obama's strategy. our guest is rick palassio. washington journal is your phone calls, tweets and e-mails live every morning at 7:30 eastern on c-span. >> these are the stories your textbooks left out. their great stories about real people in american history, very important moments that we don't know about. the first pilgrims in...
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>> guest: well, back in the election mitt romney said in a primary that, you know, if you can delegate stuff like fema from the federal government to the states or even better to the private sector, then that's better. and then sandy hit, and everybody understood, you know, in an emergency having some federal coordination is good, having some basic federal rules that tell everybody how to behave in a crisis when you don't want to take the time to think it up from scratch, that's good. and the same thing's true in telecommunications. we have delegated to the private sector all of our emergency response for our cellular networks or these new what we call ip or internet protocol-based networks like cable/company service like vonage. so when it comes to the old copper network, the old telephone network, we know all about that. we have crews on call, it's self-powered, reliability was built into that thing from day one. that's why new yorkers were scrambling for pay phones when they couldn't get their cell and their cable service to work. we don't need to take the old rules from the ma bell
>> guest: well, back in the election mitt romney said in a primary that, you know, if you can delegate stuff like fema from the federal government to the states or even better to the private sector, then that's better. and then sandy hit, and everybody understood, you know, in an emergency having some federal coordination is good, having some basic federal rules that tell everybody how to behave in a crisis when you don't want to take the time to think it up from scratch, that's good. and...
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he and mitt romney are even. and i said, i think maybe you should tell him -- [laughter] and so teddy's reaction was we're even steven? for those of you -- so we had a meeting in our apartment to sort of talk about, okay, what's the strategy, where do we go from here. and this said it all to me about teddy. different people had different ideas, and one of the recommendations was, you know, people are hurting, this is a different kind of mood out there, and you really need to rethink some of your views, you know? this is a new time, and you need to think about really getting behind this welfare reform bill. people want to see a new you, they want to see something new in welfare, you need to come up with something new. teddy sat back in that chair and got that look that many of you know so well, and he said: i'm not winning this election on the back of poor women and children. what's your next idea. and it was just, it was fantastic. because he said he had to be true to who he was. and while it was a very competiti
he and mitt romney are even. and i said, i think maybe you should tell him -- [laughter] and so teddy's reaction was we're even steven? for those of you -- so we had a meeting in our apartment to sort of talk about, okay, what's the strategy, where do we go from here. and this said it all to me about teddy. different people had different ideas, and one of the recommendations was, you know, people are hurting, this is a different kind of mood out there, and you really need to rethink some of...
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but if romney had won the election, i think i would probably have given up, meaning i would have given up on the american people. but what howard kept saying -- and he proved right again -- he kept saying change and the impetus for change arrives in the most unpredictable ways at the most unpredictable times. it's quite true that most of the workers' strikers that have taken place throughout american history have failed, but some of them have succeeded. and there was once a powerful union movement in the united states. alas, now something like 11 or 12% of workers are unionized, and that's all. but there's some signs of a rebirth there too. and who would have predicted occupy wall street? to me, that came out of nowhere just as my optimism was sinking lower and lower into the ground. suddenly, there's occupy wall street. and you think, my god, a whole new generation. and it really looks like in this generation's going to be different. and in every poll i see regardless of the question asked, like do you think gay people should be allowed to marry officially, it's always that 18-26 age
but if romney had won the election, i think i would probably have given up, meaning i would have given up on the american people. but what howard kept saying -- and he proved right again -- he kept saying change and the impetus for change arrives in the most unpredictable ways at the most unpredictable times. it's quite true that most of the workers' strikers that have taken place throughout american history have failed, but some of them have succeeded. and there was once a powerful union...
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but then i also see only a few weeks ago you have, say, mitt romney who went out into the world, and he was in vegas, i think it was the day he was meeting with donald trump, and he said, you know, a businessman sidled up to me and proposed something, and i think it's a pretty good idea. let's consider it for a moment. he said, you know what? we have certain requirements, eligibility requirements for the presidency these days. certainly age, nation, birth, citizenship. but this businessman said to me, you know what we should do? we should add a provision to the constitution -- which i think he means the amendment, that's usually how we change the constitution -- we should add an amendment to the constitution that all presidents should have been required to have at least three years of business experience. and i actually looked at that and thought, that's actually kind of crazy, but it's kind of genius because mitt romney's starting to reduce the number of people el eligible to be president until it only describes him. [laughter] unfortunately, it would also make ineligible many great
but then i also see only a few weeks ago you have, say, mitt romney who went out into the world, and he was in vegas, i think it was the day he was meeting with donald trump, and he said, you know, a businessman sidled up to me and proposed something, and i think it's a pretty good idea. let's consider it for a moment. he said, you know what? we have certain requirements, eligibility requirements for the presidency these days. certainly age, nation, birth, citizenship. but this businessman said...
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romney lost the 18 to 29-year-olds by 23 percentage points. if you look at four age brackets of exit poll. you draw a line at 45 years of age. voters for the most part over 45 vote pretty strongly for, for republicans, for congress an for romney and under 45 voted more for obama and for democrats. at the extremes of those age groups it's, it is even higher. now but the thing about it is, you can look at that say, well, okay, they kind of balance each other off or something. and maybe a little bit. but the thing is, when you think about the long haul, and, i just turned 60. so i can actually say this without getting into trouble. but, when i look at voters under 45, particularly under 30, i see the future. i mean that's where, that is where american politics is going to be down the road a little bit. for those of us who are over 60, we're kind of the prelaugh dead. and, republicans are doing really, really well with the pre-dead and not so well with the future. if i were an old republican i wouldn't care. but if i were a young republican i woul
romney lost the 18 to 29-year-olds by 23 percentage points. if you look at four age brackets of exit poll. you draw a line at 45 years of age. voters for the most part over 45 vote pretty strongly for, for republicans, for congress an for romney and under 45 voted more for obama and for democrats. at the extremes of those age groups it's, it is even higher. now but the thing about it is, you can look at that say, well, okay, they kind of balance each other off or something. and maybe a little...
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. >> klay romney qc data all. >> i have gone from a segregated south of privilege women at home because women of color but still though role has changed radically with the attitudes on same-sex marriage have changed. >> it is around making room for care. the demographics are with us because as any millenials no where in when and how you work is much a different. why should it be tied to an office? they cannot afford to retire. but they also want to be working in a different place so demographically what the zero -- what they need it is with the way technology is moving. this is a positive way we can do this. if we elect more women but there is great research to change their views. men feel free to express them all along. so that is positive. but i also want to challenge this audience. a fair number of men and it is wonderful but women have a lot of work to do ourselves. we buy into the stereotype just as much as men used to buy into the stereotype and i talked in the book of women who were not comfortable with the man and i say to seek any ceos who are also parents? have you ever seen o
. >> klay romney qc data all. >> i have gone from a segregated south of privilege women at home because women of color but still though role has changed radically with the attitudes on same-sex marriage have changed. >> it is around making room for care. the demographics are with us because as any millenials no where in when and how you work is much a different. why should it be tied to an office? they cannot afford to retire. but they also want to be working in a different...
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if romney is legislated, how low can we keep taxes. the second part we need badly is how can we reform the tax system? how can we either go to a flat tax or at least flatten our taxes so that we end up with one or two rates. we end up with fewer deductions, fewer exemptions, put that money in a lower rate. i think governor romney is absolutely right, you don't list those now. he couldn't know what they are now. that's what you negotiate about, but the difference in direction will be dramatic. in one case, the direction will be how do we increase revenues to the government? the other case, the direction will be how do we at least keep revenues where nay are and see if we can't reduce them a little. where do we find reductions in the spending? that's a very, very exciting period of time to go through. that's what i went through when i worked for president reagan as associate attorney general. president reagan, as you know, even with a democratic house of representatives, was able to do a massive tax cut, at the same time, cut spending, p
if romney is legislated, how low can we keep taxes. the second part we need badly is how can we reform the tax system? how can we either go to a flat tax or at least flatten our taxes so that we end up with one or two rates. we end up with fewer deductions, fewer exemptions, put that money in a lower rate. i think governor romney is absolutely right, you don't list those now. he couldn't know what they are now. that's what you negotiate about, but the difference in direction will be dramatic....
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people insisting that reform will lead to death panels and during the first presidential debate mitt romney warned of an unelected board that will deny treatment under obamacare. not only are these claims misleading at best but they also imply that rationing or the denial of health care would be something new to our system, something extremely un-american but i believe the claim that the u.s. does not terribly ration health care has been counterproductive, damaging and inaccurate. my book uses historical evidence to show that the u.s. has rationed health care for long time. not the way europeans are canadians do for things like official waiting lists for caps on national health expenses but this country has allocated and denied health care in a complex and unique way that i call the american way of rationing. what is the american way of rationing? how can history help us understand it? in classical economics, rationing simply means goods and services are distributed by price. in other words not everybody can afford everything they possibly want or need. so supply and demand are controlled b
people insisting that reform will lead to death panels and during the first presidential debate mitt romney warned of an unelected board that will deny treatment under obamacare. not only are these claims misleading at best but they also imply that rationing or the denial of health care would be something new to our system, something extremely un-american but i believe the claim that the u.s. does not terribly ration health care has been counterproductive, damaging and inaccurate. my book uses...
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think -- well, in terms of recent republican presidential candidates, prior to trump, you had mitt romney and john mccain, both of whom had to run against obama, so i think we can cut them some slack for how they did among black voters, but if you go to the pre-obama era, trump underperformed traditional republican presidents going back to, you know, ford in the 70s. he started from a lower point than most in 2016. what we did see in 2020 was an up tick in both black and hispanic support, and i think that has a lot to do with how those groups fared economically during the trump years prior to covid. we saw record low unemployment rates for blacks and hispanics. we saw record low poverty rates for blacks and hispanics. and more importantly, we saw black wages rising at a faster rate than white wages during this period, during that three-year stretch prior to covid. you also have to remember how bad blacks had it economically for the majority of obama's presidency. you know, black unemployment did not fall below double digits until the seventh year of the obama presidency. i mean, that -- b
think -- well, in terms of recent republican presidential candidates, prior to trump, you had mitt romney and john mccain, both of whom had to run against obama, so i think we can cut them some slack for how they did among black voters, but if you go to the pre-obama era, trump underperformed traditional republican presidents going back to, you know, ford in the 70s. he started from a lower point than most in 2016. what we did see in 2020 was an up tick in both black and hispanic support, and i...
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their opinions on some conservative issues, you were still upset about some of the statements mitt romney had made about immigrants, etc. on your first point of identity, i'll try to answer that briefly. we juiced to see a -- we used to see a lot more divergence. you have the same thing in southern colorado, they identify in the same capacity, and the denver area identifies differently. but we have seen since '06 since those rallies when you had five million people on the streets across the united states, we've seen more shared commonality in our survey responses that we didn't used to see in the early 2000s or the late 1990s. it doesn't mean that people don't still have their own identity or very specific whether it's national origin or even state or region, but they are now starting to see -- possibly because if you're driving down the street you get treated the same. the state or federal government doesn't stop to question your identity before you get pulled over and asked to show your proof of american citizenship. and so as a result, we think that's creating more opportunities for sh
their opinions on some conservative issues, you were still upset about some of the statements mitt romney had made about immigrants, etc. on your first point of identity, i'll try to answer that briefly. we juiced to see a -- we used to see a lot more divergence. you have the same thing in southern colorado, they identify in the same capacity, and the denver area identifies differently. but we have seen since '06 since those rallies when you had five million people on the streets across the...
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now, he's still a much better politician than mitt romney. i think mitt romney taking over the white house would be a catastrophe. but, so in that sense we recognize that barack obama's much better than mitt romney. but at the same time, he's head of a system where he doesn't have the kind of statesmanship and leadership to say i'm going to talk about poverty. i'm going to talk about the new jim crow. i'm going to talk about working people. i'm going to defend unions. i'm going to take a stand in chicago. i'm going to take a stand in the wisconsin, and i'm not going to drop those drones on innocent people. i don't believe in the militarism. tavis and i come out of the legacy of martin king, as i said before. poverty, militarism, racism, sexism, homophobia, anti-semitism, anti-arab, anti-islamic sensibility all must be called into question. so that's how we measure any president no matter what color. he's better than romney but still falls so far short, and we're very honest about this. so far in american history, especially for black people f
now, he's still a much better politician than mitt romney. i think mitt romney taking over the white house would be a catastrophe. but, so in that sense we recognize that barack obama's much better than mitt romney. but at the same time, he's head of a system where he doesn't have the kind of statesmanship and leadership to say i'm going to talk about poverty. i'm going to talk about the new jim crow. i'm going to talk about working people. i'm going to defend unions. i'm going to take a stand...
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i think now there may be a little resistance and people are sort of falling in line, unicom as mitt romney attacks obama and republicans attack, but there was a lot of, a lot of pandering on the left at the time, particularly over the public option. the thing about obama that drives a lot of this just be on the core belief if bipartisanship is obama himself and his top political advisors like david axelrod, david plouffe, had a theory about politics and government, and the three was you don't mix the two. so there's a political season and you go out and you make your case and you're very forceful, and then there's a governing season. and in the governing season you set the gain society and you kind of do business in a very above board way without going and saying nasty stuff about your opponents behind their backs. i think that was completely wrong, and i think the last six to eight months have shown that to be wrong. but where that comes from is interesting but it comes from the way they very self-consciously define itself in opposition to the clintons. they believe that bill clinton was
i think now there may be a little resistance and people are sort of falling in line, unicom as mitt romney attacks obama and republicans attack, but there was a lot of, a lot of pandering on the left at the time, particularly over the public option. the thing about obama that drives a lot of this just be on the core belief if bipartisanship is obama himself and his top political advisors like david axelrod, david plouffe, had a theory about politics and government, and the three was you don't...
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eventually it was mitt romney who had the biggest super pac. is dollars or republican donors for the most part, the guy with the second biggest super pac, blasted the second of august. i was a wooden expected ever to be an open presidential primary ever won by candidate who doesn't have a super pac, as long as they remain a part of american politics. >> let me go back to melanie because i think she hadn't quite finished. it sounds like we've had the nerve. it didn't take long. so you go ahead and then we will go back to brad. >> i want to go back to something nick started with because the super pacs aren't the real danger to the super pacs are, i like to think of them as the kim kardashian of the campaign finance will because they're getting so much of the press. the ones you have to worry about are the 501(c)(4) organizations. 501(c)(4) organizations which are none of social welfare organizations, people can donate anonymously. those organizations are where the real money is, where the real power is an awful lot of the after coming out of. a g
eventually it was mitt romney who had the biggest super pac. is dollars or republican donors for the most part, the guy with the second biggest super pac, blasted the second of august. i was a wooden expected ever to be an open presidential primary ever won by candidate who doesn't have a super pac, as long as they remain a part of american politics. >> let me go back to melanie because i think she hadn't quite finished. it sounds like we've had the nerve. it didn't take long. so you go...
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romney's in favor of it. the president wants higher rates on individuals which is at odds with lower rates, broader base and comprehensive tax reform. so it sure looks to me like he's signaling, yeah, i believe in tax reform, but we're going to do the corporate one over here and get to 28, and we're going to have the individual one over here, and it's going to be higher rates, and that bothers me from a tax policy perspective. >> it does me too. and, to me, i thought one of the, one of the accomplishments that we could point to in the simpson-bowles was just raising public and press consciousness about the whole business of how widespread, or how many different business models there are and how many of them bleed over into the, onto the individual side of the code. so it just seems to me that if you look at, you know, the tax writers, when they get into this given their experience and background, they will see that you can't, you can't put corporate, the corporate code in a silo anymore. >> i think we have ti
romney's in favor of it. the president wants higher rates on individuals which is at odds with lower rates, broader base and comprehensive tax reform. so it sure looks to me like he's signaling, yeah, i believe in tax reform, but we're going to do the corporate one over here and get to 28, and we're going to have the individual one over here, and it's going to be higher rates, and that bothers me from a tax policy perspective. >> it does me too. and, to me, i thought one of the, one of...
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and from ken, who would romney prefer, a -- who would china prefer, a romney president or a second term obama? >> i'll say a brief word on pakistan, obviously very challenging. i think our afghanistan policy could fail probably because of pakistan's role. that because the politics in many kabul and the future of karzai are the key threat toss the mission, i think. in terms of the u.s./pakistan partnership, i give this administration reasonably decent grades for keeping on trying when nothing was working. and on afghanistan i think their messaging and their teamwork was relatively mediocre. by contrast, towards pakistan i think the strategic dialogue and a lot of the outreach was pretty good. mistakes we made on messaging in afghanistan affected pakistan policy, i believe, so i don't want to completely establish a distinction between the two. but i think this administration's been extremely mature and disciplined and realist on pakistan. we don't have any choice but to keep working the relationship. there have been things that have gone up and down along the way. bruce riedel has some go
and from ken, who would romney prefer, a -- who would china prefer, a romney president or a second term obama? >> i'll say a brief word on pakistan, obviously very challenging. i think our afghanistan policy could fail probably because of pakistan's role. that because the politics in many kabul and the future of karzai are the key threat toss the mission, i think. in terms of the u.s./pakistan partnership, i give this administration reasonably decent grades for keeping on trying when...
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candidate romney talks about the 47 percent who wouldn't support a republican anyway. when hillary clinton dismisses half of candidate trump supporters as a basket of deplorable. those are moments that become strong indictments by the other side because of our tendency to think, that's what they must believe because they said in private. one way to ask what the effect is is how much it's used inside the political dialogue. each of those statements separately were used extensively against the candidate in the first case, the obama statement was used by hillary clinton and the pennsylvania primary very effectively in 2008. the romney comment was used by the obama campaign. very effective in national advertising. the deplorable was used across the campaign and social media against hillary clinton. every voter needs to ask in those moments, filtered by their own ideology but what might make of those? in hillary clinton's case, what made it problematic is her slogan was stronger together. if your slogan is stronger together but you regard half of your opposing candidates co
candidate romney talks about the 47 percent who wouldn't support a republican anyway. when hillary clinton dismisses half of candidate trump supporters as a basket of deplorable. those are moments that become strong indictments by the other side because of our tendency to think, that's what they must believe because they said in private. one way to ask what the effect is is how much it's used inside the political dialogue. each of those statements separately were used extensively against the...
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i mean, romney carried michigan. and then he wrote an editorial in the new york times saying let detroit go bankrupt. [laughter] and he still thinks he's going to win that state, and he might. so i'm not sure how we wake people up when there's this craziness out there about, you know, patting ourselves on the back. >> i think the occupy wall street is, um, starting to be a wake-up call, honestly. i think that it is an expression of frustration -- [applause] you know, but what is that frustration embedded in? yes, it's embedded in the inequality of income, and there is a nobel prize-winning economist at stanford who just did an analysis of the united states' economy, michael spence. and in that analysis he evaluates that has happened over the past decade. and yet started in the '70s, but we didn't have the trade agreements that we have now and, of course, the world wasn't as flat as it is now. so the movement of capital from both trade agreements as well as technology has made it so easy. so michael spence has said th
i mean, romney carried michigan. and then he wrote an editorial in the new york times saying let detroit go bankrupt. [laughter] and he still thinks he's going to win that state, and he might. so i'm not sure how we wake people up when there's this craziness out there about, you know, patting ourselves on the back. >> i think the occupy wall street is, um, starting to be a wake-up call, honestly. i think that it is an expression of frustration -- [applause] you know, but what is that...
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and said romney will drop out? so nixon walks out and what do you have to say about governor robb gave dropping out? and dixon said that is the first i have heard about that. [laughter] but romney bush's gone. then two weeks later they have the new hampshire primary. nixon won with 70 percent of the vote. but people looked at the total votes with rockefeller and kennedy and mccarthy and johnson but nixing got more votes. more than all the others put together because of a project we had. and to people did not notice but ince said the country is turning to this man who is to be the greatest of all time. but eugene mccarthy against lyndon johnson and his johnson's name was not even on the ballot so i was astonished. people who wanted johnson to be tougher. and then robert kennedy jumped into the race against johnson to say he is appealing to the darker impulses of the american spirit than was just brutal. and then called him a complete opportunists. it was a brutal attack. so then we expected rockefeller to go after u
and said romney will drop out? so nixon walks out and what do you have to say about governor robb gave dropping out? and dixon said that is the first i have heard about that. [laughter] but romney bush's gone. then two weeks later they have the new hampshire primary. nixon won with 70 percent of the vote. but people looked at the total votes with rockefeller and kennedy and mccarthy and johnson but nixing got more votes. more than all the others put together because of a project we had. and to...
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romney, there are no guarantees, no warranty on any romney position. [laughter] but probably he would stick with it. but the point is, and i cannot think of a single policy action where obama has not done what was in israel's clear interest. >> the ajc survey found that on domestic matters jews remain where they have been for decades, as we have been discussing, firmly inside the democratic party's camp. you're frowning, i know. >> from i'm just resigned to it, you know? [laughter] >> is that -- >> as long as you don't resign from it, bill. we still want you. >> is that sustainable? if majority of jews favor democrats on reproductive choice, immigration, energy security, what can republicans offer to turn them in a different direction, bill? >> look, i mean, there's no -- this is not about talk and magic words. people aren't stupid. people have to make up their minds whether these policies work. has president obama advanced a responsible agenda? has he put his political capital on the line as president bush and senator mccain did in 2006 and 2007? it's
romney, there are no guarantees, no warranty on any romney position. [laughter] but probably he would stick with it. but the point is, and i cannot think of a single policy action where obama has not done what was in israel's clear interest. >> the ajc survey found that on domestic matters jews remain where they have been for decades, as we have been discussing, firmly inside the democratic party's camp. you're frowning, i know. >> from i'm just resigned to it, you know? [laughter]...
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talk about the campaign with mitt romney. >> thepaign with romney was very intense. ted faced by far the stiffest challenge of his life. the polls showed him down by a point at one point. and that point, the lab rallied behind him and force. his consultants found a cpa that romney had arranged a takeover of and this company laid off all its workers and even though romney was on leave when tt happened it pved devastating. they put the workers on tv talkilg about how it felt to lose their jobs, and that was sort of a dagger blow to romney and he ended up losing 59-41i believe. >> how did kennedy feel afterwards? >> lucky. [laughter] jubilant, revitalized i would say. he had tasted mortal political danger -- >> it started out he was in the hole as sam was saying about 1980. largely that campaign was pretty flaccid in 199 to begin with, that orgization. >> the old guard rally all the people who carried him through yearly and middle stages of his career rushed to hisidend he found his voice in the famous debate, 1994. he just slam dunked romney. his command of policy deta
talk about the campaign with mitt romney. >> thepaign with romney was very intense. ted faced by far the stiffest challenge of his life. the polls showed him down by a point at one point. and that point, the lab rallied behind him and force. his consultants found a cpa that romney had arranged a takeover of and this company laid off all its workers and even though romney was on leave when tt happened it pved devastating. they put the workers on tv talkilg about how it felt to lose their...
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romney spoke just how he felt. and not only that's not how he felt, this is how the republican party feel. they take the blacks, the hispanics, the gays, they take everybody for granted. now here come bobby jindal, he's one of the worst ones. in his state he's trying to keep people from getting health care. what about all the stuff he's denying people? now all of a sudden these words, these words are not going to change people. republicans, wake up. people are not stupid! they are not fools. your words -- >> and we're going to break away from this recorded portion of this morning's "washington journal," take you back live now to the brookings institution where we're getting underway with panel number two. >> compilation of alan's very, very detailed writings on cross-strait relations will be released, and i encourage you all to go there. i will be there. that's 2:00 at the stimson center, 1119 -- >> [inaudible] >> oh, i'm sorry, yeah, yeah. 1119 -- >> call ahead. >> but call ahead. thank you, alan. and we'll look f
romney spoke just how he felt. and not only that's not how he felt, this is how the republican party feel. they take the blacks, the hispanics, the gays, they take everybody for granted. now here come bobby jindal, he's one of the worst ones. in his state he's trying to keep people from getting health care. what about all the stuff he's denying people? now all of a sudden these words, these words are not going to change people. republicans, wake up. people are not stupid! they are not fools....
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. >> watch and engage as president obama and republican presidential candidate mitt romney meet next month for three 90-minute debates. the first is wednesday, october 3rd, at the university of denver focusing on domestic policy. followed by the second debate on tuesday, the 16th, at has that university on long island, new york, as the candidates take questions in a town hall-style format. and the candidates meet a final time on monday, october 23nd, at lynn university in florida as -- 22nd. and the vice presidential candidates meet for their one and only debate on thursday, october 11th, at seven tremendous college in danville, kentucky. watch the debates on c-span, c-span radio or online at c-span.org. >> you're watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs, weekdays featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. on weeknights watch key public policy events and every weekend the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedules at our web site, and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> at a recent u.s. latin america
. >> watch and engage as president obama and republican presidential candidate mitt romney meet next month for three 90-minute debates. the first is wednesday, october 3rd, at the university of denver focusing on domestic policy. followed by the second debate on tuesday, the 16th, at has that university on long island, new york, as the candidates take questions in a town hall-style format. and the candidates meet a final time on monday, october 23nd, at lynn university in florida as --...
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united nations because he thought she looked international and he seriously and he he was into mitt romney for a moment because he thought he looked the part for secretary. it was central casting. we had a lot of fun with that. we did have a lot of fun with that story and it got a lot of attention. yes, sir. i'm interested in your opinion on the current lawsuit. it's taken the current lawsuit against bob woodward. you you know, you sue somebody because the thing you were telling them for one book, they put in another book. i mean, it strikes me i'm not a lawyer and this is not a legal analysis, but i will say it seems pretty ridiculous and, you know, bob woodward's affair, a fair reporter he tape recorded his interviews. he asked permission to do so. he does that with all of his interviews and it's all on tape. so i don't know what trump is is trying to hide from or sue over, but he's our thing. sues about a lot of things. yeah. so so do we have any other questions? yes, ma'am. well, what do you think is going to happen with the other lawsuits that are coming from the georgia, new york and
united nations because he thought she looked international and he seriously and he he was into mitt romney for a moment because he thought he looked the part for secretary. it was central casting. we had a lot of fun with that. we did have a lot of fun with that story and it got a lot of attention. yes, sir. i'm interested in your opinion on the current lawsuit. it's taken the current lawsuit against bob woodward. you you know, you sue somebody because the thing you were telling them for one...
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romney -- >> will not be music. noise. [laughter] >> if mr. romney becomes, becomes president. you know, but let me, you know, let me respond, you know, to the question that was directly addressed to me because i think that, i think that question raised, raised a very important point. yes, you are absolutely right, you know, for decades the muslim brotherhood was the only game in town, and the muslim brotherhood, of course, was not exactly welcomed by the egyptian government whether it was nasser's or sadat's or mubarak's with open arms, you know? it was harassed, suppressed, jailed, etc. but it was there. and so, so it has much deeper roots in egyptian society than the groups of secularists, liberal intellectuals, etc. and it is entirely possible that over time as the newly-empowered islamist parties come face to face with the realities of governing a country that they will respond to that in various ways, and if they don't master the very real social and economic problems, the egyptian public may shift, may shift its views over time. so i am not, you know, i am not saying tha
romney -- >> will not be music. noise. [laughter] >> if mr. romney becomes, becomes president. you know, but let me, you know, let me respond, you know, to the question that was directly addressed to me because i think that, i think that question raised, raised a very important point. yes, you are absolutely right, you know, for decades the muslim brotherhood was the only game in town, and the muslim brotherhood, of course, was not exactly welcomed by the egyptian government whether...
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mitt romney wins huge in urban areas and romney ekes out a win in the suburbs. i think the problem with this break down is that the united states is much more complicated just having cities, suburbs and rural areas. i think you miss a lot when you look at this way and when you use the american communities project, the the acp to break dn the data. it looks like this. obama westerns huge in the big cities, obviously. romney wins huge in the exurb areas. metropolitan america. exurb ban areas he wins huge. middle suburbs romney eakss out a victory. what is tell something urban suburbs. this is really suburban america. depending on your definition but the way we define it. when you define it this way, a 16-point win is pretty big win. it is more telling when you look what happened since 2000. hope you can see these. this on the top you're looking at big cities. these are the vote in the urban bushes. blue line is obviously democratic candidate, red line is republican candidate. middle -- middle suburbs and exurbs. george w. bush lost the popular vote by a less than
mitt romney wins huge in urban areas and romney ekes out a win in the suburbs. i think the problem with this break down is that the united states is much more complicated just having cities, suburbs and rural areas. i think you miss a lot when you look at this way and when you use the american communities project, the the acp to break dn the data. it looks like this. obama westerns huge in the big cities, obviously. romney wins huge in the exurb areas. metropolitan america. exurb ban areas he...
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new jersey governor chris christie campaigns for mitt romney and richmond, virginia. >> i have to be honest with you, i love these debates. these things are great. and i think it's interesting that the president still doesn't have an agenda for a second term. don't you think that it's time for him to finally put together a vision of what he would do in the next four years if he were elected? it's got to come up with that over this weekend because there's only one debate left on monday. >> so let's recap what we learned last night. his tax plan doesn't add up. his jobs plan doesn't create jobs. his deficit reduction plan adds to the deficit. so, iowa, everybody here u.s. heard of the new deal, you've heard of the fair deal, you've heard of the square deal. mitt romney is trying to sell you a sketchy deal. >> we are not buying it. >> watch and engage money at president obama and mitt romney meet in the final debate moderated by cbs bob schieffer from lynn university in boca raton, florida. >> now a forum on education policy and teachers unions. speakers included joe williams with democ
new jersey governor chris christie campaigns for mitt romney and richmond, virginia. >> i have to be honest with you, i love these debates. these things are great. and i think it's interesting that the president still doesn't have an agenda for a second term. don't you think that it's time for him to finally put together a vision of what he would do in the next four years if he were elected? it's got to come up with that over this weekend because there's only one debate left on monday....
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on television and mitt romney said russia was the biggest threat facing the world, barack obama said they want their foreign-policy back and suggested russia is what it is but it is better for us to get along in some ways and not be completely hostile enemies. to go back to what it was in the past. there is some merit to that. two nuclear powers, what happened in syria was an incredibly dangerous thing, when trump was lobbing missiles into syria and there were russian forces on the ground, that is a very tense situation. that is what i worry about most of all with the trump administration, nuclear war and russia is what it is. you don't have to agree with it. i don't like the regime there but we are better off not in a constant state of hostility with russia and we are. if you ask russia what their view of americans is, they will have the same things to say about us, if you think of the 1996 election i was there for in russia, we meddled in that, boris yeltsin's campaign, look at time magazine in july 1996 a picture of boris yeltsin and a headline, yanks to the rescue because we open
on television and mitt romney said russia was the biggest threat facing the world, barack obama said they want their foreign-policy back and suggested russia is what it is but it is better for us to get along in some ways and not be completely hostile enemies. to go back to what it was in the past. there is some merit to that. two nuclear powers, what happened in syria was an incredibly dangerous thing, when trump was lobbing missiles into syria and there were russian forces on the ground, that...
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providing order in the world liz chaneynd that romney is retiring and mitch mcconnell is one. there's a generational divide there that wetalk about the institutions are changing. the standard isns no more and te american conservative has a larger role to play in the party th we have victoria coates from the foundatio the heritage institute is something we talk about always. heritage is moving towards an explicit restraint. the hawkish columnist that wrote this it's there in an article surrounding the debate in particular titled republican spot foreign interventionpresen. said rankin filed donors have come firmly down on the policy fight. f a scholar and selfishls is a very interesting moment to be working on restraint on foreign-policy. ished scholars here to talk about both the and bolts of the debate that's happening today in the broader context w w happening. the first presented this morning will be victoria coates president of the security institute perform policy at the heritage foundation served as cr the 2016 joined residents from sequestration as special assistant to t
providing order in the world liz chaneynd that romney is retiring and mitch mcconnell is one. there's a generational divide there that wetalk about the institutions are changing. the standard isns no more and te american conservative has a larger role to play in the party th we have victoria coates from the foundatio the heritage institute is something we talk about always. heritage is moving towards an explicit restraint. the hawkish columnist that wrote this it's there in an article...
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we're looking at, you know, who would be secretary of state if obama win, if romney win, who would be secretary of defense, how this would -- it's not the same, there's a little bit of factional stuff going on, but it really matters who the people are, personnel or policy basically. is it completely off the radar screen? does it matter at all in chinese politics? >> i can talk a little bit about that. i mean, one of the things we are, we are definitely seeing at least the party's at least stating that they're trying to make themselves more institutionalized, more bureaucratic and their responsibilities shifting from a personality-based system to one that's more bureaucratic, institutionalized, professional. and so at least in terms of what's being said, the argument personalities should matter less. now, whether or not -- we all know that it's nice to say those things. whether or not that's the reality, i don't know. but from the perspective of party guidance to the military, party guidance to its own cadres, the idea that the purpose of the party is to essentially help china move int
we're looking at, you know, who would be secretary of state if obama win, if romney win, who would be secretary of defense, how this would -- it's not the same, there's a little bit of factional stuff going on, but it really matters who the people are, personnel or policy basically. is it completely off the radar screen? does it matter at all in chinese politics? >> i can talk a little bit about that. i mean, one of the things we are, we are definitely seeing at least the party's at least...
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mitt romney won with men and lost against women. there's a continuation of we the people of the idea that began in 1787, we got rid of poll tax and other things, so -- and we are not done yet but we -- we can't really know how to carry forward that project unless we actually understand it and that brings me to this book, the constitution today but i told you i would say just a little bit about 1864 and let me do that and then in the next five minutes we will start our conversation together. here is one of the reasons i believe you all came today. it's not just that you face a presidential election and that's interesting, it's not just that one of the two candidates this time around is very unusual. we haven't sign any one with just a profile, no government experience whatsoever including military experience. that's true of trump and it hasn't ever true of any elected president and the only nominee that came close in all of american history was windle wilky who hadn't actually done public service before. that's a political science wa
mitt romney won with men and lost against women. there's a continuation of we the people of the idea that began in 1787, we got rid of poll tax and other things, so -- and we are not done yet but we -- we can't really know how to carry forward that project unless we actually understand it and that brings me to this book, the constitution today but i told you i would say just a little bit about 1864 and let me do that and then in the next five minutes we will start our conversation together....
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it's mitt romney's line from 2012. they don't have really a view on china. the view on trade, to the extent they have one, is to be more populist than trump because trump isn't delivering. so where is the brain space, strategic mindset going to come from -- >> yep. >> -- is, i guess, the question i'm left with. >> great question. >> i think we'll come back to you, harlan, first to respond to these things. before you do -- and to my initial question as well. before you do, i think just because we have the value of susan here and aside from all your other work, you know a lot about president eisenhower. somehow he came out of world war ii with everything he experienced and wasn't hungry for more military engagement. e explain -- explain that to us. it seems with everybody year the revaluations of his presidency that he rises further and further in people's estimation, and then we'll come to harlan to answer the -- >> well, i think he was, he had a sort of a complex upbringing. i don't think this is entirely the reason, but few people realize he was raised in a
it's mitt romney's line from 2012. they don't have really a view on china. the view on trade, to the extent they have one, is to be more populist than trump because trump isn't delivering. so where is the brain space, strategic mindset going to come from -- >> yep. >> -- is, i guess, the question i'm left with. >> great question. >> i think we'll come back to you, harlan, first to respond to these things. before you do -- and to my initial question as well. before you...
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this looks a little bit like a 2012 map where rick santorum narrowly beat mitt romney. in that case, rick santorum had the vast majority of these abiola, rural counties, and mitt story had few, including -- actually, well, anyway, this looks similar to that map. trump did well along the western of the states and the eastern sides, too. on the other hand, in the northwest, that is where it the christian conservatives face is the strongest and those are some of ted cruz's best candidates. host: we go to indiana. beth, thank you. caller: my question is about ted cruz. how can he run for president? isn't he canadian? i'm confused. i had written this down, but there is a section of the u.s. code, and i cannot recall the exact section and it lays outbut exactly what it means to be a natural born citizen. 's campaign says he qualifies as a natural born citizen under the provisions. they include -- there are provisions, and i'm no constitutional expert, but there are provisions that include sort of the what happens when one parent is a citizen but living abroad, so i am not the
this looks a little bit like a 2012 map where rick santorum narrowly beat mitt romney. in that case, rick santorum had the vast majority of these abiola, rural counties, and mitt story had few, including -- actually, well, anyway, this looks similar to that map. trump did well along the western of the states and the eastern sides, too. on the other hand, in the northwest, that is where it the christian conservatives face is the strongest and those are some of ted cruz's best candidates. host:...